Food Prices and Obesity: Evidence and Policy Implications for Taxes and Subsidies
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Food prices and obesity: evidence and policy implications for taxes and subsidies.
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عنوان ژورنال: Milbank Quarterly
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0887-378X,1468-0009
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0009.2009.00554.x